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Tom Tykwer

Director · 28 credits · 15 in highly-rated films

Best known for Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

Frequent collaborators: Dani Levy

Best Tom Tykwer movies by genre

Directed movies (20 total, ranked by score)

  1. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

    2006 · ★ 7.4 (5,126 votes)

    Crime, Fantasy, Drama

    1

  2. Cloud Atlas

    2012 · ★ 6.9 (7,643 votes)

    Drama, Science Fiction

    2

  3. Run Lola Run

    1998 · ★ 7.3 (2,633 votes)

    Action, Drama, Thriller

    3

  4. Paris Je T'aime

    2006 · ★ 6.8 (856 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    4

  5. Heaven

    2002 · ★ 6.5 (279 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Romance

    5

  6. The Princess and the Warrior

    2000 · ★ 7.0 (147 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    6

  7. The International

    2009 · ★ 6.3 (1,447 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Crime

    7

  8. True

    2004 · ★ 6.9 (87 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    8

  9. Winter Sleepers

    1997 · ★ 6.9 (55 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    9

  10. The Light

    2025 · ★ 6.5 (13 votes)

    Drama

    10

  11. Epilog

    1992 · ★ 5.7 (18 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. Rosakinder

    2012 · ★ 5.2 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. A Hologram for the King

    2016 · ★ 5.9 (1,225 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    13

  14. Three

    2010 · ★ 6.1 (83 votes)

    Romance, Drama, Comedy

    14

  15. Because

    1990 · ★ 4.2 (5 votes)

    Drama

    15

  16. Deadly Maria

    1993 · ★ 5.5 (22 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    16

  17. Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

    2006 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    17

  18. Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation

    2009 · ★ 5.8 (15 votes)

    Drama

    18

  19. 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    2011 · ★ 4.2 (7 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Documentary

    19

  20. Man in Things

    2008

    20

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 28, 2026.